9 May 2014

Located at the walks of NH
47 that bends through the lines of Alleppey, The Revi Karuna Karan Memorial
Museum is an architectural grandiose. Sprawled over an area of 28000 sq ft an
endemic lawns and the crescent shaped pond which is attributed by Gazebo and
six figurines carved out of Italian marbles talks about the affluence of the
museum.

Before we talked about the
rare collections and attributes of Museum it becomes very important for us to
understand the fact which is related with the curator and creator of this
mesmerising museum. Revi Karuna Karan was a man of determination and during his
life he invested all his time and energy to develop coir industry and while
doing that work Revi was so motivated enough to collect the wonderful work of
arts of various artistes.

His passion drove his mind
in such a way that he became an avid collector of masterpiece and after his
heavenly abode his family worked together to dedicate a complex that would
enable travellers to understand the manifesto and initiative of Late Revi
Karuna Karan.

Amongst the collection of
museum than it has brilliant crystal work of Swarovski, Ivory collection,
paintings depicting the glory of Tanjore and murals, Kerala room and many more.

When we talked about the
mural collection than it has 200sq ft works of mural beside that the museum
looks to represents 4 sects of different religion in equal prominence. Other
attraction relates to the 946 model Buick Super owned by Mr. Revi Karunakara
Menons father, furniture, porcelain work, other artistic collection etc.

Crystal
Collection

Crystal collection of
Swarovski which includes his primary works like old and new blown, moulded
artefacts, figurine, vases etc speaks the volume. Beside Swarovski collection
the museum has preserve the work of various other artistes from different
corner of world but the main artiste here is Swarovski because his elegance and
rare artefacts and crystal works seems to depict the glory of museum.

Amongst the rare work of
Swarovski you have renowned Silver Crystal Mouse, Coffee bean Grinding Mill,
jewellery and many more. Within the floor of the museum you will witness 800
figurines that talks about the craftsmanship and artistic work.

Ivory
Collection

All the compilation of
Ivory here are genuine and catalogued in the accounts of government. Intricate
ivory carvings are exclusive and every collection related with ivory here
reflects culture, religion and heritage of world.

Timeless beauty of ivory
and carving put up over the same speaks the amount of skills. Traveller must
understand that ivory collection here are one of the largest by any family of
the world

When it comes to the main
attraction from such ardent collection than make sure to witness award winning
statue of Shakuntala, statue of virgin marry, two sided effigy of lord Krishna
and Rama etc.

Porcelain
Collection

Porcelain is an exclusive
material that comes into form after heating raw materials in around 1400 degree
centigrade. The delicacy and outrageous nature of ceramic porcelain can be
moulded into master class if an artiste looks to design it in their way.

When it comes to porcelain
collection of museum than it has stunning work of world renowned artiste like
Dresden of China, Meissen and Rosenthal of Germany, Herand of Hungary and of
many more amazing artistes.

Beside that the museum has
wide collection of statues, mirrors, hand decorated tableware, teapots, bowls
and many other astounding porcelain works.

Prodigal
Son

Prodigal son in fact is an
enormous figurine made by Israeli sculpture Sam Philippe by inspiring ideas
from biblical parable of the Prodigal son. An elegance of statue and its noble
story needs a real eye to understand its chronology because 14000 pounds and 7
ft high figurine looks to portray a gentle story of father and a son.

The statue was gifted to
museum by Pave the way foundation of USA and was dedicated in 23rd
march 2012 by Jacob Mathew.

Importance
of Museum

From tourism point of view
the stands of museum is an opportunity to all to witness the classical work of
various artiste because an entire work and collection are not monotonous and
traveller would have something new to experience in every step.

If we are assigned to
evaluate the value of museum from historical point of view than it is amongst
the world renowned museum and the collection here relates the life, culture,
time period and races of various nation.

How
to Reach

By train- the nearest
railway station to The Revi Karuna Karan Memorial Museum is Alappuzha railway
station which is located at a distance of around 3 km from here.

By air- the nearest
airport is Cochin International airport and it is located at a distance of
around of 75 km from here.